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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Der German Cobbler. He Witnesses an Accident, and Gets Into a Whole Lot of Trouble on Account of His Innocence

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

"Do't's how I [?]as [?]hen I vhas a fool," said the German cobbler as he shaved away at a piece of sole leather meant for a lift on a shoe heel. "I goes…

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Fatal Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

DEEP-regre[?] was expressed by the residents of Murrumburrah and district on Thursday last when the news reached town that Mr. W. Reynolds of Gullinga…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

A youth named Alexander Dunn, aged 16 a resident of Belmont, Newcastle, was the victim of a peculiar shooting accident on Saturday morning. He was approaching a shed…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality is reported from Harden, the victim being Mr. Richard Walker, a driver on the railway stationed at Harden, but whose widow and family reside at Eastgrove,…

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Fatality on the Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

MR. RICHARD WALKER of Harden employed as driver on the railway was run over in the Harden railway yard by the express train about 3.50 a.m. yesterday his holy being so…

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Tragedy at Mudgee. a Child Killed. Three Other Persons Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

A tragedy occurred about ten a.m on Saturday, reaulting in the death of a child, three months old, and serious injuries to three others. Alfred Kent, a quarter…

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Fatal Accident At Harden

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

A terrible, fatal accident happened at Harden early last Thursday morning when Mr Richard, Walker driver in the railway service, was run over…

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Strange Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 1

A YOUTH named Alexander Dunn, aged 16, a resident of Belmont, Newcastle was the victim of a peculiar shooting…

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Extraordinary Case of Drowning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 4

AN extraordinary drowning accident occurred on Thursday at Yanco Glen, Albion Town, eighteen miles from Broken Hill. Mr. Robertson, (45),…

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Extraordinary Case of Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

Broken Hill, Friday.—An extraordinary drowning accident occurred yesterday at Yance Glen, Albion Town, 18 miles from Broken Hill. Mr Alexander M'Intosh Robertson, aged 45, and his…

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Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday last, about 2 o'clock Mr. Thomas March, junr. mounted a horse at Mr. Duncan Ledger's, the Mullion, for the purpose of riding into Yass. After…

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Shocking Railway Fatality at Hardens (From the Murrumburrah Signal.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatal accident happened at Harden early last Thursday morning, when-Mi. Richard Walker, driver in the railway service, was ran over and cut to pieces by the express train which…

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Mining Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Mount Morgan (Q.) mine on Monday. William Medlin and Ernest James, miners, had been firing some explosives, but one…

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Fatality at Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 4

Gunning, Tuesday.—A sad fatality happened about midday at Dalton. An elderly woman, Mrs. Poole, living with her husband, who is over ninety years old, must have fallen by accident into the fire…

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Trams in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

A collision occurred between two electric trams in George-street, near the Haymarket, on Wednesday afternoon, by which three persons were slightly injured. At about 2 30 p.m. a Leichhardt tram was…

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Burning Fatality at Dalton. a Pathetic Scene

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

NEWS is sent on of a dreadful burning accident which happened in the Dalton district on Monday night. All particulars are not to hand, but it seems that Mrs…

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Another Sewer Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 4

An accident attended with fatal results occurred in connection with the sewer extension at Randwick on Tuesday. Several men were working in a cutting about 10ft. deep in…

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Tram Collision

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

ON Wednesday two [?] were greatly [?] but the results were not [?] of the [?]…

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Extraordinary Case of Drowning

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 3

AN extraordinary drowning accident occurred on Thursday, at Yanco Glen, Albion Town, 18 miles from Broken Hill. Mr. Alexander M'Intosh Robertson, aged…

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The Late Burning Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was hold at Dalton yesterday by Mr. N. T. Colins, Gunning coroner, in regard to the death by burning of Mrs. Poole, aged eighty-two, which occurred on Monday…

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